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In ' black and blue ' takes Introdans Ensemble for Youth the audience in the imaginative world of Alwin NikolaÔs. The famous American artist made not only works, but also designed light, sound, decor and costumes.

Thanks to Intro dance, that the exclusive right acquired to work some of his magic to dance in Netherlands, we are introduced to his masterpiece ' Crucible '. Also ' Tensile Involvement ' takes a special place amongst the many other works of NikolaÔs success. In this almost sixty years old choreography excel the dancers in a tangle of elastics. The funny ' Blue Journey ' by David Maddy and the beautiful ' Short Circuit ' of JťrŰme Meyer interwoven dance on exciting way with movie images.

' This performance should be seen by anyone who is open to pure theater magic. Regardless of the age ' (de Gelderlander)

1st Annual California Jazz & Blues Museum Hall of Fame Inductee Ceremony Fundraiser and Barbara Morrison's Birthday Celebration Concert, a fundraiser for the Museum to develop their digital arts program, to introduce basic coding, Android development, organizational structures, basic computer competencies and create an interactive section in the Museum which will give visitors an open source digital portal to the vast historical collection of Jazz & Blues available at the Museum and throughout Los Angeles.¬† The museum's goal is to raise $25,000.00.¬† The purpose of the Inductee Ceremony is to recognize local, national and international Jazz & Blues legends for their contributions to the music industry. (more...)

Dave Matthews Band will perform on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Wednesday, September 5. The appearance comes on the heels of the band's three-night, Labor Day weekend run at Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA. Fans around the globe were able to see Saturday's sold-out show via a free live stream. The band's46-date North American headline tour wraps up with a trio of West Coast shows, including a sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA on September 10. Tour information is available at http://davematthewsband.com. See below for itinerary. (more...)

Are you looking for a rollicking good cabaret show and a hearty meal? Are you in the mood for a musical history lesson? How about both? Toby's in Columbia presents AIN'T MISBEHAVIN,' The Fats Waller Musical Show through November 4th, and you should sit right down and buy yourself a ticket. (more...)

Artists Kevin Blythe Sampson and Renee Stout will have a conversation about their artwork, the themes represented therein, and their processes, on Thursday, October 25, from 6-8 PM, at Rutgers University's Box Gallery in Newark.¬† (more...)

Pulitzer prize-winning American playwright and actor Sam Shepard's family drama, Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Sylvaine Strike and starring an impressive cast, comes to the Baxter Flipside stage, for a limited season, from 15 to 27 October, at 7.30pm. (more...)

The new year is a time of new beginnings. Palm Beach Dramaworks will usher in 2019 with the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they're still evolving. The Dramaworkshop's first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place over the weekend of¬†January 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on PBD's mainstage.¬†Saturday'sprogram will also include a discussion, "Regional Theatre and the Future of American Plays," featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations. (more...)

The new year is a time of new beginnings. Palm Beach Dramaworks will usher in 2019 with the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they're still evolving. The Dramaworkshop's first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place over the weekend of January 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on PBD's mainstage. Saturday's program will also include a discussion, "Regional Theatre and the Future of American Plays," featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations. ¬† (more...)

The work of artists Kevin Blythe Sampson, Fred Scruton, and Theda Sandiford will take center stage as the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey opens its fall exhibitions with a reception on Friday, September 28, from 6:30-8:30 PM. (more...)

Dave Matthews Band returns to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' on Wednesday, September 12 to perform 'Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)' from their #1 album, 'Come Tomorrow.'¬† The band will join previously announced guests NBA champion and new Los Angeles Laker LeBron James, actor Channing Tatum and US Open Winner Naomi Osaka. The appearance comes at the end of their 46-date North American headline tour which wrapped with a sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA on September 10. (more...)

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG opens its 2018-2019 season with W. C. Handy and The Birth of the Blues. NYFOS celebrates W. C. Handy, often referred to as the "Father of the Blues," and his vast influence as a prominent African-American composer and publisher in the early 20th century. (more...)

Here's hoping you had a splendid Thanksgiving holiday weekend and that you're settling in for another action-packed season of events and shows to make Christmas 2018 sparkle even more! Looking ahead, you'll find a number of new productions on tap for your entertainment pleasure, thanks to the efforts of theater companies all over Middle Tennessee. Here's our calendar for November 26, 2018, to help you plot your course through the end of the year... (more...)

freeFall celebrates the holiday season with a hilarious mash up of your favorite Christmas stories and carols. If you loved freeFall's The Musical of Musicals, you must get your tickets to see Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some). (more...)

Looking ahead, you'll find a number of new productions on tap, including a whole slew of holiday favorites, for your entertainment pleasure, thanks to the efforts of theater companies all over Middle Tennessee. Here's our calendar for November 12, 2018, to help you plot your course through next February... (more...)

In celebration of 85 Years of Theatre By The Sea, owner and producer Bill Hanney is proud to announce the opening of the 2018 Summer Season. The season begins with the toe tappin' Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, Ain't Misbehavin' which will be presented from May 30 - June 17, 2018. (more...)

MILE MARKER follows Korey Rowe, a two-tour veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as he travels 7,000 miles across the US to interview veterans who are currently struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As Korey navigates along his journey spanning over five weeks on his own personal road to recovery, he tells the story from the first person perspective, while capturing the beauty and diversity of our nation. (more...)

From May 16 to 27, The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. will present the world premiere production of 'Hercules Didn't Wade in the Water' by Michael A Jones.¬† The play is winner of the troupe's 2017 Emerging Playwrights Competition.¬† Called a 'drama with comedy,' it is a story of displacement of Black families and the forces that lead to it in modern America.¬† Performances are at Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place. (more...)

ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY is thrilled to announce the fifth and final show of its 2017-2018 Season, a musical about the extraordinary life of an extraordinary woman. Infused with jazz and blues, COOKIN' AT THE COOKERY: The Music And Times Of Alberta Hunter, written, directed and choreographed by Marion J. Caffey with music direction by George Caldwell, begins previews on Thursday, June 7, opens on Saturday, June 9, and runs through Sunday, June 24, 2018 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara. (more...)

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $20,000 to the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey for the exhibition Kevin Sampson: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree. The Art Works category is the NEA's largest funding category and supports projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and/or the strengthening of communities through the arts. (more...)

In celebration of 85 Years of Theatre By The Sea, owner and producer Bill Hanney is proud to announce the opening of the 2018 Summer Season. The season begins with the toe tappin' Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, Ain't Misbehavin' which will be presented from May 30 - June 17, 2018. (more...)

Today, RCA Records released¬†Come¬†Tomorrow,¬†Dave Matthews Band's¬†ninth studio album and first since 2012. The band'sNorth American summer tour continues¬†tomorrow,¬†June 9, with a show at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA. See below for itinerary.¬†Tickets can be purchased now athttp://davematthewsband.com. (more...)

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s comes to life in¬†Ain't Misbehavin', the three-time¬†Tony¬†¬ģ¬†Award-winning musical¬†revue. Join five sensational performers on a journey through the timeless music of Thomas 'Fats' Waller. (more...)

With¬†Come¬†Tomorrow¬†(RCA Records) topping the¬†Billboard¬†200,¬†Dave Matthews Band¬†becomes the first group in history to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at No. 1.¬†Come¬†Tomorrow¬†earned 292,017 equivalent album units in the week ending June 14. Of that total, 285,000 were in traditional album sales - marking the biggest sales week for a rock album in more than four years. (more...)

The Kitchen presents Grammy nominee, MacArthur fellow composer-pianist Vijay Iyer's The What of the World (June 25-29), one of three weeklong residencies within The Racial Imaginary Institute's series On Whiteness. Iyer-noted in a New Yorker feature as "the most lauded piano player in jazz"-assembles a jaw-dropping group of cutting-edge artists across musical disciplines and creates what he refers to as an "affective archaeology" of systemic racism. This multifaceted residency is an exploration, from many perspectives, of what racial oppression feels like. Iyer's residency features four evening performances, as well as Iyer's new sound installation-titled How the Spotlight Sounds, with texts by Garnette Cadogan, author of "Walking While Black"-playing throughout the week. (more...)

Dave Matthews Band will livestream their concert from the BB&T Pavilion Center in Camden, NJ on Saturday, June 16, at 8:00 pm ET, in celebration of their new album, Come Tomorrow. The band's summer tours are a beloved tradition among fans. As Rolling Stone once observed, 'The road, Dave Matthews, the summer. It seems it has always been thus.' Those who are unable to attend Saturday's show can tune in to the livestream at www.dmblivestream.com See below for the tour itinerary. (more...)

"How Hope Happens," the Fourth Season at Mosaic Theater Company, will open with Marie and Rosetta, written by George Brant and directed by local artist Sandra L. Holloway. This play featuring gospel music, blues, and rock n' roll tells the story of the first rehearsal between Sister Rosetta Tharpe (recently inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame), and her young protegee Marie Knight. (more...)

East Nashville by way of a creek side suburb right outside of Baltimore, songwriter Benjamin Jason Douglas weaves classic American folk tales not unlike those of John Prine and Guy Clark. But he's also lit up by the torch song sarcasm of Randy Newman. Those influences come to you mixed-up with the voodoo blues of Dr. John on a whiskey-soaked bender with Tom Waits. (more...)

Fresh off the completion of their third US tour, 'The Bloodlust Tour,' (final date TONIGHT in Brooklyn), alternative rock band VISTA are continuing their momentum with the release of a new music video for their latest single, 'Witch Hunt.' (more...)

On Sunday, January 27, from 3-5 PM,¬† the Art Center will host a "last look" reception and informal artist talk for the closing of our three fall exhibitions: Kevin Blythe Sampson: Black and Blue, Messages from the Interior, and Stair-gazing: Theda Sandiford. Sampson, Sandiford, and Fred Scruton-the artist featured in Messages from the Interior-will be in attendance to discuss their work, their process, and answer questions from the audience.¬† (more...)

Back in the early '80s, when artists like Madonna, Prince, and Michael Jackson were all the rage, I was burning through my cassette tape of a musical that my father suggested I give a listen. It was a musical conceived in 1978 called 'Ain't Misbehavin.' (more...)

The La Jolla Music Society continued its eclectic 50th anniversary season with 'Jazz in the Key of Ellison,' a multimedia concert at the Balboa Theatre featuring music made popular by author Ralph Ellison's favorite artists including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Thelonious Monk. Ellison loved jazz. He often wrote about it, and it plays an important role in Invisible Man, his best known work. Jazz influenced his approach to life. He said, 'The real secret of the game is to make life swing.' (more...)

Today's subject, Kevin McAllister, always has dynamic stage presence no matter the production. Currently he is living his theatre life onstage at Signature Theatre singing the Ken Page track in Ain't Misbehavin'. The production runs through March 10th in Signature Theatre's MAX space. (more...)

It's hard to believe that it's been over 40 years now since a little revue that started at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club took Broadway by storm. The show was Ain't Misbehavin' and if you didn't know who composer Thomas ¬ďFats¬Ē Waller was before, you did after seeing this show. It also made Nell Carter a star and garnered her a television series called Gimme a Break. Besides Carter the cast was comprised of Charlaine Woodard, Armelia McQueen, Andre De Shields, and Ken Page. When the original cast returned for a Broadway revival of the show in the 80's, Nell Carter received star billing even though the show is truly an ensemble piece. Ah, the power of television. (more...)

freeFall celebrates the holiday season with a hilarious mash up of your favorite Christmas stories and carols. If you loved freeFall's The Musical of Musicals, you must get your tickets to see Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some). (more...)

Ronn David McPhatter, the son of two rhythm and blues greats, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Ruth Brown and Clyde McPhatter, will perform his new show "The Son of Legends" at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8:30 PM. ¬† McPhatter has toured for several years as lead singer of the Drifters, the group that his famous father led back in the 1950's.¬† (more...)

The new year is a time of new beginnings. Palm Beach Dramaworks will usher in 2019 with the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they're still evolving. The Dramaworkshop's first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place over the weekend of January 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on PBD's mainstage. Saturday's program will also include a discussion,¬†"Regional Theatre and the Development of New American Plays,"¬†featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations. (more...)

The¬†New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)¬†and¬†Audible¬†today announce the first three national performance dates of ¬ďJazz in the Key of Ellison,¬Ē celebrating the musical world of the esteemed African-American novelist, critic and scholar Ralph Ellison and his remarkable collection of jazz recordings. (more...)

Following the overwhelming success of Samuel Beckett's incandescent classic Endgame, currently on at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio, the season has been extended by a week and will now end of 1 September at 7.30pm, Monday to Saturday. (more...)